Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Draft: Poured a deep brown color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light spicy rye malt with some citrus hoppy notes is interesting. Taste is also dominated by some citrus notes with some spicy rye malt notes with light grainy finish. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Not sure what it is but I thought this was missing a little bit of punch.

Enjoyed on cask at the brewpub. Incredible cask gorgeous head and body from a cask, super lacy. Very smooth mouthfeel. Great drinkability, a concoction of orange and grapefruit. Rye gives it a little edge, edging on drinkability. Will have this again. Fourth out of five very good beers here today.

Dry flavor (from the rye?); lots hop, but this is not a one sided beer. The complexity comes from the interplay of the lip-smacking lack of sugar and the flowery hop bitterness. Again, this is not extreme offering. However, it is full of subtlety and balance.

Holy macaroni! That's the craziest head I have seen on a beer ever. It looks like a damn cupcake. No make that a head hat - a 10 gallon one at that. *pulls out the bull whip* Down boy! *whipow* Down I say!!

This was the special Beer made to commemorate Dieu du ciel's 7th anniversary. I chatted with JF, the brewer about it, he admitted that he hoped people didn't like it too much, because he used an obscene amount of rye to make it, and the mash bed was this gelatinous nightmare that was a bitch to sparge.

Appearance: Dark amber, with a thick, graying head.

Smell: Rye bread, peppery and spicy, but with perhaps a little permed hair in there, but I don't think it was caused by infection, or else I would have picked it up in the taste quickly.

Taste: Whoh, I didn't ask JF the amounts of rye involved, but this one was the most creamy, thick pale ale ever! It coated the tongue, mouth, uvula, oesophagus, etc. It was like kaopectate, but without the chalky taste. It did taste like pumpernickel, a subdued malt and hop profile and a surprisingly light finish.